Are you sick yet?
Has the remorse of the sugar junkie finally taken hold?
If so, let me assure you: Ive been there for a week already.
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Then we just start eating it all before Halloween even arrives.
So Ive felt pretty gross since, like, Monday.
Seriously, theyd probably prefer the dreaded box of raisins.)
But Ive got just the medicine for you over-indulgers out there.
A special Halloween recap of this weeksSurvivorepisode!
And in the spirit of said holiday, we shall divide each section into Tricks & Treats.
Allow the super spooky recapping to begin!
I cant recall whether the show has ever done that before.
I cant recall because usually, I am only paying half attention to that part of the show.
But if its not new to the show its at least new to me.
I actually kind of love this.
I guess she hoped this would bring them closer, but it actually had the opposite effect.
Like, thats very petty, said Lyrsa.
And thats really mean and says a lot about Angelinas character.
For her, the jacket is more important than me.
So I dont trust her.
(She reminds me a bit of Eliza and R.C.)
Angelinas poker face is just not strong enough.
The best players are the ones youthinkyou can trust, but nobody seems to think they can trust Angelina.
TREATNatalie going home was bittersweet.
She was bitter, and for the tribe, it was sweet.
Thats a great line from Angelina.
In fact, tonights episode was filled with fantastic sound bites.
TREATI could watch an entire hour of Christian spearfishing.
CORRECTION: I could watch an entire hour of Christian walking down the beach in flippers to go spearfishing.
Why was he putting the flippers on at the top of beach to walk all the way down in?
That was super awkward!
Just put them on in the water!
And just to hear him describing his spring-loaded murder machine was fantastic as well.
Then the team had to land those rings on a target.
First place got cooking utensils, herbs, spices, and four kebabs.
Second place got two kebabs.
Anyway, Jabeni was getting their collective ass kicked.
Like, it was kind of embarrassing.
Dont take my word for it.
This is a disaster for Jabeni!
(See, told you.)
Meanwhile, Vuku was dominating, going into the ring toss with a massive lead.
Only then something funny happened.
No doubt that food would serve as fuel for the upcoming immunity challenge that they would surely dominate!
I cant believe I am having to put the Brochachos under the Treat category.
Someone kill me right now.
I always wanted to be someone that people wanted to talk to.
I am also an emotionless monster.)
No, the reaction to the Brochachos that I absolutely loved came from Gabby.
That meant she was vulnerable if they lost the immunity challenge.
You cant sit in this game passively and just hope it all works out.
You cant just lean on hope and hope for hope.
That makes you a bystander and not a player.
you better be an active participant and start charting the course of the game as opposed to following.
To be clear, this doesnt mean you should probably make a bunch of Big MovezTM.
You dont have to go out and do something crazy.
But you cant sit idly and let the game pass you by either.
I am an enormously empathetic person, Alison then told us.
Will Gabbys play pay dividends at some point?
But its certainly better than sitting back and doing nothing.
Hope is not a strategy.
TREATJohn Morrison just moonwalked on national television.
TRICKThere certainly were some tricky social dynamics going down at the Vuku camp.
So she came up with a plan to split the bamboo to make it more comfortable and flat.
Only one problem: She neglected to run it by the rest of the tribe.
Theres two things in life I dont like, Elizabeth informed us.
And its STUPID people.
And I loved it for a few reasons.
I loved it because it played out like a horror movie.
Not so this time.
Jabeni didnt even GET to the puzzle.
They struggled mightily to even hold their saucer up, much less carry any water in it.
They simply didnt have the strength for this one.
Which brings us to another thing I loved: The fact that we had a blow-out.
Not every single challenge has to go down to the wire.
Sometimes there is something to be said for watching one tribe completely get annihilated.
How do they react?
Do they give up?
Its good to feel that brutality sometimes or at least feel others feeling it.
When Jabenis water kept falling out of their saucer, I cringed.
When Nick began cramping and Angelinas hands started bleeding, I winced.
A good portion ofSurvivoris miserable, and it was nice to see that misery reflected.
Did I mention I loved this challenge?
Both said okay, but neither seemed convinced.
But what was really interesting is what happened at Tribal Council.
It was something Angelina said.
And it didnt, for once, involve jackets.
You may have even missed it.
And I am really hoping that is what we stick to tonight.
Quid pro quo, if you will.
And the decision was Lyrsa, who probably survived for longer than a lot of people thought she would.
Treats like an exclusive deleted scene from last nights episode.
Treats like our weeklyQ&A with Hostmaster General Jeff Probst.
Simply too many treats!
Once again, we are going to send your stomach into an ache of epic proportions.
Were you rooting for Lyrsa or Angelina to go?
Did you love the water saucer challenge?
And what is the ultimate Halloween candy?
Weigh in on the message boards below and Ill be back next week with another scoop of the crispy!
